The Investment Banker of the Future Will Be ‘More Female’

Nov 21, 2012 2:59 pm GMT

By Madeleine Nissen and Eyk Henning

What will the banker of the future look like? He’ll be “more female.” He, err, she will be older (as retirement age will be higher), more mobile and a tech-aficionado who works more but earns less, according to one of Deutsche Bank’s top executives.

Sound realistic? Stephan Leithner, Deutsche Bank’s executive board member responsible for human resources and compliance, thinks so. The changing face of bankers is tied to the banking industry’s need to reinvent itself to win back customers, he reckons.